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Pacific Nations Cup 2015

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Bill Watson (15)
Yeh absolutely, the Nippon are certainly a dark horse. Victories over Wales and Italy in recent history has them well placed to be competitive. For the sake of global and minnow rugby hope they do well.
 

qwerty51

Stirling Mortlock (74)
Pool B is the best pool by far. All the games excluding SA vs a couple will be interesting and close.
 

waiopehu oldboy

Stirling Mortlock (74)
Teams for Round Two:

Fiji v Samoa

Fiji: 15 Metuisela Talebula, 14 Waisea Nayacalevu, 13 Vereniki Goneva, 12 Gabiriele Lovobalavu, 11 Asaeli Tikoirotuma, 10 Ben Volavola, 9 Nemia Kenatale, 8 Sakiusa Matadigo, 7 Akapusi Qera (c), 6 Peceli Yato, 5 Leone Nakarawa, 4 Api Ratuniyarawa, 3 Manasa Saulo, 2 Sunia Koto, 1 Peni Ravai
Replacements: 16 Viliame Veikoso, 17 Campese Maafu, 18 Taniela Koroi, 19 Nemia Soqeta, 20 Malakai Ravulo, 21 Henry Seniloli, 22 Josh Matavesi, 23 Napolioni Nalaga.

Samoa: 15 Fa'atoina Autagavaia, 14 Alofa Alofa, 13 Paul Perez, 12 Johnny Leota, 11 Alesana Tuilagi, 10 Michael Stanley, 9 Pele Cowley, 8 Sanele Vavae Tuilagi, 7 Jack Lam, 6 TJ Ioane, 5 Faatiga Lemalu, 4 Filo Paulo, 3 Anthony Perenise, 2 Motu Matu'u, 1 Sakaria Taulafo
Replacements: 16 Manu Leiataua, 17 Viliamu Afatia, 18 Jake Grey, 19 Joe Tekori, 20 Faifili Levave, 21 Vavao Afemai, 22 Patrick Faapale, 23 Faleniu Iosi

Date: Friday, July 24
Venue: Bonney Field, Sacramento, California
Kick-off: 17:00 local, 00:00 GMT 1d, 01:00 BST 1d
Referee: JP Doyle (England)

Canada v Tonga

Canada: 15 Matt Evans, 14 Jeff Hassler, 13 Ciaran Hearn, 12 Connor Braid, 11 DTH van der Merwe, 10 Liam Underwood, 9 Gordon McRorie, 8 Tyler Ardron, 7 John Moonlight, 6 Richard Thorpe, 5 Jon Phelan, 4 Brett Beukeboom, 3 Andrew Tiedemann, 2 Aaron Carpenter, 1 Hubert Buydens.
Replacements: 16 Benoit Piffero, 17 Djustice Sears-Duru, 18 Doug Wooldridge, 19 Callum Morrison, 20 Kyle Gilmour, 21 Phil Mack, 22 Nathan Hirayama, 23 Phil Mackenzie.

Tonga: 15 Vungakoto Lilo, 14 Telusa Veainu, 13 Sione Piukala, 12 Viliami Tahitua, 11 Fetu‘u Vainikolo, 10 Kurt Moarath, 9 Sonatane Takulua, 8 Viliami Ma‘afu, 7 Nili Latu, 6 Hale T Pole, 5 Joe Tuineau, 4 Steve Mafi, 3 Halani Aulika, 2 Elvis Taione, 1 Tevita Mailau
Replacements: 16 Sosefo Sakalia, 17 Alisona Taumalolo, 18 Sila Puafisi, 19 Uili Kolo‘ofa‘i, 20 Viliami Fihaki, 21 Sosefo Ma‘ake, 22 Latiume Fosita, 23 Otulea Katoa.

Date: Friday, July 24
Venue: Swangard Stadium, Vancouver
Kick-off: 19:00 local, 02:00 GMT 1d, 03:00 BST 1d
Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)

USA v Japan

USA: 15 Chris Wyles (c), 14 Blaine Scully, 13 Seamus Kelly, 12 Thretton Palamo, 11 Taku Ngwenya, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Mike Petri, 8 Danny Barrett, 7 Andrew Durutalo, 6 Scott Lavalla, 5 Cam Dolan, 4 Hayden Smith, 3 Titi Lamositele, 2 Zach Fenoglio, 1 Eric Fry.
Replacements: 16 Phil Thiel, 17 Nick Wallace, 18 Chris Baumann, 19 Louis Stanfill, 20 Alastair McFarland, 21 Shalom Suniula, 22 Folau Niua, 23 Zach Test.

Japan: 15 Yoshikazu Fujita, 14 Karne Hesketh, 13 Kotaro Matshushima, 12 Ryohei Yamanaka, 11 Akihito Yamada, 10 Harumichi Tatekawa, 9 Keisuke Uchida, 8 Ryu Koliniasi Holani, 7 Michael Broadhurst, 6 Justin Ives, 5 Luke Thompson, 4 Hitoshi Ono, 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama, 2 Takeshi Kizu, 1 Keita Inagaki.
Replacements: 16 Hisateru Hirashima, 17 Hiroki Yuhara, 18 Shinnosuke Kakinaga, 19 Kazuhiko Usami, 20 Tsuyoshi Murata, 21 Atsushi Hiwasa, 22 Kosei Ono, 23 Tim Bennetts.

Date: Friday, July 24
Venue: Bonney Field, Sacramento, California
Kick-off: 20:00 local, 03:00 GMT 1d, 04:00 BST 1d
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

All three should be close, Fiji v Samoa most of all. Canada at home may be good enough to roll Tonga but I doubt USA will beat Japan.

Looks like unless you can pick up ESPN (USA) or TSN (Canada) you only option to watch the games is the live stream on worldrugby.com
 

Strewthcobber

Mark Ella (57)
This is a great game. Free stream on the world rugby site if anyone wants to watch

Big comeback from Samoa with a couple of fine tries. They're down 27-20 with 10 to go
 

Strewthcobber

Mark Ella (57)
27 all with 7 left. Ioane with a great try, he's been great. The collisions have been massive
Game finished 30 all though the World Rugby stream died and we missed the last couple of minutes :mad::mad::mad::mad:

Anyone who plays those two teams at the WC is going to know they've been in a rugby match
 

Beer Baron

Phil Hardcastle (33)
Cheers - these games are usually good spectacles slightly down on the execution but a lot more risk taking and ball running.

Oh and massive units who can put a hit on - e.g. Tonga 3
 

Dismal Pillock

Simon Poidevin (60)
US vs Japan on now, wow, turns out I took camera work for granted, wft are these seppos doing? Constant close-ups of ball, wft, they dont even show where the halfback is passing the bloody ball to, just constantly zoomed in on the ball.

Impossible to see where the numbers are.
 

badabing59

Cyril Towers (30)
20 to go, Canada getting monstored in the scrums. Tonga leading 23-18
Mafi having a blinder

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Strewthcobber

Mark Ella (57)
USA, going really hard a the breakdown, with all of the possession and territory but Japan score a fantastic try untouched off a backline move from their scrum deep in their own half last play of the half.

11-9 Japaj at HT
 

Dismal Pillock

Simon Poidevin (60)
yes, Yanks great at retaining the ball but on attack seem just as myopic as their cameramen.

JPN looking far slicker but just cant get the ball.

JPN D is impenetrably organised. Eddie Jones? (wasnt really paying attention when he coached Aus, why is he held in such low regard at GAGR?)
 

badabing59

Cyril Towers (30)
FT Tonga 28-18. Canada still couldn't score with 2 Tongans in the bin. Canucks won't be looking forward to the Samoans on Wednesday after this performance.


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Strewthcobber

Mark Ella (57)
yes, Yanks great at retaining the ball but on attack seem just as myopic as their cameramen.

JPN looking far slicker but just cant get the ball.

JPN D is impenetrably organised. Eddie Jones? (wasnt really paying attention when he coached Aus, why is he held in such low regard at GAGR?)
Need to be more than just organised when you play at the very top level
 

Strewthcobber

Mark Ella (57)
USA get up in the WC preview 23-18. Really entertaining match.

Japan had the chance to win it at the end but just couldn't find a way to cross the try line
 
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